Performances

LITERATURE LIVE: Joe Mungo Reed and Sam Byers

18:30 - 20:30 28 November 2022
Joe Reed completed his PhD in the Centre for New Writing in 2021. We’re delighted that he is returning to read from his second novel, 'Hammer'. He will be joined by the acclaimed Norwich-based…

Jasdeep Singh Degun (sitar) and Harkiret Bahra (Tabla)

13:10 - 14:00 1 December 2022
'Breaking down cultural boundaries with his extraordinary artistry and new approach to composition, virtuoso sitarist, Jasdeep Singh Degun, brings a new energy and vision to both Indian…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra: World Premiere of ‘Light Into My Dark’ by John Casken

19:30 - 21:30 3 December 2022
Hear the WORLD PREMIERE of John Casken’s Light Into My Dark, commissioned by Chorus and featuring mezzo-soprano Katie Bray. Orchestra and Chorus will also play a number of works that connect with Casken’s music.

Quatuor Danel at the Manchester Jewish Museum

19:30 - 21:30 8 December 2022
Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80 Mieczys?aw Weinberg, String Quartet No.16 in A-flat Minor, Op.130 The University of Manchester’s internationally-acclaimed…

WCLC- Danels

13:10 - 14:00 8 December 2022
Franz Schubert,?String?Quartet Movement in C Minor,?D. 103?(completed by Brian Newbould) Josef Mayseder, String Quartet?No.5?in D major,?Op.9 Take a trip to early 19th-Century Vienna!…

Danels Evening concert

19:30 - 21:30 9 December 2022
Tributes to sisters. Schubert’s stormy quartet movement in C minor prefaces two quartets written in memory of lost sisters. Felix Mendelssohn’s Op.80 was his last major composition,…

The University of Manchester’s Baroque Orchestra: Henry Purcell - Showtunes

13:10 - 14:00 9 December 2022
In the last five years of his short life, Henry Purcell’s career took a (literally) dramatic new turn, as he became the London theatre’s most prolific and celebrated composer, writing…

Evening Festive Concert

19:00 - 21:00 15 December 2022
MUMS ensembles perform their festive repertoires to celebrate the end of 2022. This uplifting evening of music will include: festive Symphonies of Wind Instruments 9 by Stravinsky,…

Little Big Band Jazz Ensemble featuring Yazz Ahmed and Carlos Maldonado

13:10 - 14:00 15 December 2022
Established in October 2019, the ensemble is directed by Dr Alexander Gagatsis, lecturer in Jazz Studies, and takes the form of a little big band, a smaller version of the conventional…

Festive Sing-along Relaxed Performance

13:10 - 14:00 16 December 2022
Everyone is welcome to enjoy some uplifting Christmas music here at the Martin Harris Centre this December as the Festive Sing-along Relaxed Performance returns with jingle bells on.…

WCLC- Danels

13:10 - 14:00 9 February 2023
David Önaç, New Work for Two Violins (World Premiere) Benjamin Britten, Elegy for Solo Viola Kevin Malone, Requiem77, for Solo Cello and Air Traffic Controllers University…

Danels evening concert

19:30 - 21:30 10 February 2023
Kevin Malone, The Housatonic Near Sandy Hook (Premiere of String Quartet Version) Kris Defoort, String Quartet No.1 (2004) Felix Mendelssohn, Octet in E-Flat Major, Op.20 A…

Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 23 February 2023
Rebecca Clarke, Lullaby and Grotesque, for Viola and Cello Rebecca Clarke, Morpheus, for Viola and Piano Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E-Flat Major Two duos by British-American…

Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2023
Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for Two Violins, Op.56 Richard Whalley, Les Adieux Germaine Tailleferre, String Quartet A duet by Prokofiev, Richard Whalley’s vision of Europe and…

Danels Evening concert with David Fanning and Michelle Assay

19:30 - 21:30 17 March 2023
George Enescu, Pastorale, Menuet Triste et Nocturne Sergei Prokofiev, Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (arr. Samsonov) Antonín Dvo?ák, Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81 The quartet…

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